The Bigger Picture

Often when we encounter Scripture - at Mass, in our private prayer, or in study - there is a tendency to focus on the particular passage, or even book, at hand. The Bigger Picture group looks at particular key passages from the Bible but in order to help us to see the meaning of the Bible as a whole, to see the wood and not just the trees.

We meet in the Benedict Room once a month on the second Wednesday of the month from 7.30 to 8.30pm and all are welcome. Bring a Bible, any Bible. (The version we use at Mass and in the Liturgy more generally is usually the Jerusalem Bible translation, but it is sometimes interesting in this different context to see the range of translations proposed).​There is a sort of a follow-up meeting on the third Wednesday of the month. The larger part of the meeting is given over to a time of group lectio divina - a prayerful reading/listening to God's word, but an introductory chat over coffee gives a time to review the study/reflection from the previous week too.